Background
Kenneth D. Peach Senior was born in El Reno, Indian Territory (in what is now Oklahoma).
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Peach entered the film industry in 1923 and became a director of photography in 1926. He worked with composite processes, miniatures, montages and matte shots for Tiffany Pictures for two years, then joined Fred Jackman"s technical effects department at Warner Brothers- First National for three years. In 1931 he joined Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures" special effects department.
In 1933 he began a long association with producer Hal Roach of Hal Roach Studios, where he shot several Laurel and Hardy films (Dirty Work, Sons of the Desert).
In his later career, he worked in both film and television, in television series such as Lassie (73 episodes, 1958–1960), The Outer Limits (25 episodes, 1964–1965), Hassaram Rijhumal Pufnstuf (17 episodes, 1969–1970), Taxi (59 episodes, 1980–1983), before retiring in 1984. Peach died on February 27, 1988, eight days before his 85th birthday.
